• U.S. metropolitan areas with the highest burglary rate 2019

This statistic shows the top 50 metropolitan areas of the United States with the highest rate of burglary cases in 2019. In 2019, Lake Charles in Arkansas was ranked first with 1,117.7 cases of burglary per 100,000 of its inhabitants.

Metropolitan areas with the highest burglary rate in the United States in 2019*

Metropolitan statistical area	Burglary cases per 100,000 inhabitants
Lake Charles, LA	1,117.7
Alexandria, LA	1,106.4
Jonesboro, AR	1,058.2
Florence, SC	948.8
Monroe, LA	948
Bakersfield, CA	847.3
Vallejo, CA	833.7
Lubbock, TX	813.9
Lawton, OK	806.7
Danville, IL	793.4
Sumter, SC	780.7
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	769
Tulsa, OK	737
Goldsboro, NC	719.8
Albany, GA	719.6
Macon-Bibb County, GA	717.7
New Bern, NC	705.5
Oklahoma City, OK	678.7
Enid, OK	676.3
Springfield, IL	655.2
Springfield, OH	650.6
Pueblo, CO	641.7
Asheville, NC	624.8
Amarillo, TX	620.2
Lafayette, LA	619.4
Springfield, MO	614.2
Spartanburg, SC	610.5
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	608.3
Fort Smith, AR-OK	603.3
Anchorage, AK	600.1
Burlington, NC	590
Panama City, FL	589.6
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	586.4
Greensboro-High Point, NC	578.8
Joplin, MO	574
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV	572.8
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	569.7
Corpus Christi, TX	569.1
Tallahassee, FL	560.3
Texarkana, TX-AR	558.8
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	555.4
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	550.8
Baton Rouge, LA	547
Lima, OH	546.9
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ	545.5
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	543.9
St. Joseph, MO-KS	542.6
Columbia, SC	532.4
Victoria, TX	530.6
Fairbanks, AK	529.7

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September 2020

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United States

Survey time period

2019

Supplementary notes

* The source only includes data for metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) where at least 75 percent of the agencies within the MSA reported data and for which the principal city/cities submitted 12 months of complete data for 2019. Accordingly, the following large MSAs are not included: New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Seattle, Denver, St Louis, Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Kansas City and Indianapolis.

Number depicted here shows only crimes which are known to police.

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